Storms
Posted By: ama on 2006-03-13
In Reply to: for those running on cable with no regular phone line, - jus me
I would unplug everything. I live in NC, and this is the time of year we start to have daily afternoon thunderstorms. And I mean DAILY. I used to just unplug the power supply to everything and thought I was ok, but like the other poster said, I left the cable plugged in and lightning struck it and fried my television. So, if you have your phone and computer hooked up to cable as well, I would unplug them just to be on the safe side.
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